Fresh off of his #1 New York Times bestseller,
Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook, Joshua Weissman is back with a bold and exciting new cookbook that will take your cooking to an entirely different level!

Everyone knows flavor is important, right? But what turns flavor into something even more spectacular? Texture! When flavor meets textures like creamy, crispy, or crunchy, the taste experience can evolve into something entirely new and utterly fantastic. Joshua Weissman introduces you to elements of flavor, but then digs deeper by explaining how flavor interacts with six fundamental textures. Your first introduction is to “Crunch,” where you’ll learn how to make recipes, including the most amazing fried chicken you’ll ever taste, french fries (of course), and arancini. Next is “Chewy,” where you’ll make recipes including New York bagels, Jjolmyeon (spicy chewy noodles), and boba tea. “Aerated” features recipes like cheese foam, challah bourbon french toast casserole, and a lighter-than-air glazed donut. The “Creamy” chapter features 1-pound butter potatoes, mac and cheese, and tres leches. In fluid, you’ll indulge in birria tacos, diner-style milkshakes, and matzo ball soup. Finally, the “Fatty” chapter features a 72-hour short rib with coffee caramel, hamachi crudo, and a Texas toast smashburger.

With Joshua, you know there is no halfway; these recipes will challenge you and make cooking what it’s supposed to be-fun and maybe a little dangerous!

Here’s what you’ll find inside:

– Six amazing texture chapters, each with each with an insightful introduction that explains how each texture interacts with flavor.
– Over 75 new and bold recipes, made in the no-holds-barred way you expect from Joshua.
– Incredible photography and plenty of the push-the-limits energy that can only come from one of the biggest cooking stars on the internet.

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Watch out for Niki’s long-anticipated follow-up, More Flavours focusing on plant-led pairings – coming in May 2023.

‘Delightful and informative … I love Niki’s style of writing – packed with knowledge and information, but conveyed with such a lightness of touch’ YOTAM OTTOLENGHI

‘The books I value most are those I return to again and again. Such has been the case with The Flavour Thesaurus’ NIGEL SLATER

‘An eclectic combination of dictionary, recipe book, travelogue and memoir … A deceptively simple little masterpiece’ SUNDAY TIMES

Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspiration for what to do with a bundle of beetroot?

The Flavour Thesaurus was the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair and is divided into flavour themes including Meaty, Cheesy, Woodland and Floral Fruity. Within these sections it follows the form of Roget’s Thesaurus, listing 99 popular ingredients alphabetically, and for each one suggests unique flavour pairings that range from the classic to the bizarre.

You will find traditional pairings: pork & apple, lamb & apricot, cucumber & dill; contemporary favourites like chocolate & chilli and goat’s cheese & beetroot, and interesting but unlikely-sounding pairings like black pudding & chocolate, lemon & beef, blueberry & mushroom, and watermelon & oyster. There are nearly a thousand entries in all, with 200 recipes and suggestions embedded throughout the text.

Now featuring a new foreword by Bee Wilson and a fold-out poster of the flavour wheel, The Flavour Thesaurus is a highly useful, and covetable, reference book for cooking – it will keep you up at night reading.

Observer Book of the Year

Best Food Book – André Simon Food & Drinks Awards

Best First Book – Guild of Food Writers Awards

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